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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Arthur - Mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What best describes Mother's life in the Mother-Arlette section of Part One?
(a) Rewarding.
(b) Disorderly.
(c) Anally organized.
(d) Spontaneous.

2. What does Alice say that Nonna felt about her children?
(a) She never wanted to have children.
(b) She never wanted a second child.
(c) She felt they deserved a better mother.
(d) She adored her children.

3. What kind of music does Walter enjoy?
(a) Country.
(b) Classical.
(c) Show tunes.
(d) Rap.

4. How does Alice become an orphan?
(a) Father is institutionalized and Mother leaves for Florida.
(b) Her father dies and Mother is institutionalized.
(c) Both her parents are hit by a bus.
(d) Her father leaves and Mother dies in a car crash.

5. What does Mother wear on the last day Alice sees her in Part One (Mother-Arthur)?
(a) The fuzzy slippers.
(b) A formal ball gown.
(c) A normal looking tee shirt and jeans.
(d) The falling leaves coat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice compare her mother's trip to the San to?

2. What does Arthur say about Mother in her defense in Part One?

3. What does Florida represent to Alice and mother?

4. Who does Alice live with at the brownstone at West 76th Street?

5. What does Aunt Frances make Alice do?

(see the answer key)

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